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CVE-2001-1331

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
03/05/2001
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.20 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
1.20
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:progeny:debian:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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